Attachment for baby-carriages.



PATENTED, DB0. 24, 19o?. EBENNING;

ATTAUIMEINT FOR BABY CARRIAGBS.

APPLIOTION FILED SEPT. 9, 1907.

@thawing -rear end of the bar F UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

AIIENEY BENNING, or oI'IIoAeo, ILLINOIS.

ATTACHMENT FOR BABY-CABRIAGES.

No. 874,656. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

Application filed September9. 1907- Serial No. 392,055.

vor to suit the T 0 all whom it may concern: j sired, height of ldifferent carri- Be 1t known that I, HENRY BEN'NING, citiages. A- brace L extends between the bars F zen of the United States7 residing at Chicago, and Gr, being fixed to the bar F by a bolt and in the county of Cook and State of illinois,4 resting at its lower end against the cleat M have invented certain new and useful Imsecured to the bar G. 's brace holds the provements in Attachments for Baby-(larl parts in angular position while in use. y riages, of which the following is a specicaj when the attachment is removed from the tion.v carriage it may be straightened to more con- Tlxis' invention is an attachment for baby j venient shape or position for storage, by turncarriages, and` designed to enable a person j ing the parts on the hinge K; to jog or bounce the same by the foot, thus The attachment is clamped to the rear allowing the hands of the attendant to be free part for other work. arm F lextending rearwardly, an the piece It comprises a bracket which may be read- Gand foot J depending to convenient posiily attached to or detached from the car-I tion to receive the pressure of the foot of the riage, and a foot piece supported by the attendantl who may eithe'rstand or sit bebracket and adjustable to suit the height or hind or beside the carriage and jog or bounce Ilength of the carriage and the position of the j the same as necessary or desirable. attendant. Y j The invention is illustrated in the accomanying drawings, inwhich7 j of course be understood provided with springs which yieldingly support the body and so allow'the action refer- Figure l is a side view of a carriage prored to. When not desired for use, the atvided with the device. Fig. 2 is a side view tachment can be quickly removed by loosenof the attachment removed from the caring the thumb screw B; or it may be pushed' riage. Fig. 3 is a rear view. in out of the way and allowed to remain on the carriage, by loosening the thumb screw N and pushing the rod F forwardly.

I claimz- 1. The combination with a carriage having a spring-supported body, of an attachment comprising a clamp secured-to the bottom of the body, and a depending bar and foot piece supported by the clamp.

2. The combination with a spring-supring the carriage. ported carriage body, of an attachment coml At the middle the supporting bar has a l prising a clamp ar extendingacross under strap E which receives a rearwardly extendthe bottom of said body and secured thereto, ing bar F. This bar is slidable in and out a rearwardly extending arm fastened to the under the strap E, and may be fixed at adclamp bar7 and a downwardly extending bar justment by the thumb screw N To the fastened to the rear end of said arm and proj vided with a foot apiece.

is connected a vertical bar G extending downward therefrom. A l ln testimony whereof I aix my signature,

"he device includes a supporting bar A which is adapted to extend across under the bottom of the carriage. This bar is preferably made of iron, and is upset at the ends to form a clampI4 in connection with the thumb screw B, whereby the bar may be clamped to the edges of the bottom of the carriage.

D indicate' pieces of felt to prevent marhinge l forms a suitable angll `cheaphcopneel in presence of two witnesses. tion. foot piece J is attac ed to t e ower T n f end of the piece G, by means of a bolt and j HERY BNNUNG Witnesses:

M. J. RoBINsoN, H. T. BATCIIELOE.

thumb nut l which extends through a slot H in the vertical piece, thereby allowing the foot to be raised or lowered to the height deof the bottom of the carriage, with the It wm that the carriage is 

